Scott Manley YouTube channel stats and outlier videos
Scott Manley is someone who fell into YouTube because he felt a deep compelling need to teach people orbital mechanics and rocket science so they could play Kerbal Space Program, now, years later the gaming videos are less important and the pure science is the main thrust. My degrees are all in Phys
| Subscribers | 1.9M |
|---|---|
| Total views | 789M |
| Videos | 3.1K |
| Average views per video (est.) | 244K |
| Country | US |
| Language | EN (est.) |
| Created | 2006-07-08 |
Niches: Space & Science.
Best outlier videos
Uploads that beat this channel's own median views, strongest first.
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| China's Super Secret Spaceplane Finally Revealed | 14× | 1.1M | 2026-10-27 |
| Chinese Rocket 'Snapped In Half' And Exploded | 11× | 898K | 2026-08-10 |
| Blue Origin's Rocket Explosion - How Bad Is It? | 11× | 2.6M | 2026-05-29 |
| SpaceX's Starship.... Becomes a Ship? | 8.1× | 659K | 2026-07-25 |
| China Land Their First Rocket Booster | 4.1× | 330K | 2026-07-10 |
| Massive New Crater Found On Moon! | 4× | 325K | 2026-09-17 |
| Starship Seen From Starlink - In Color For First Time! | 3.9× | 314K | 2026-09-28 |
| Starship Seen Up Close By Starlink | 3.6× | 296K | 2026-07-31 |
| China's Zhuque-3 Rocket Successfully Lands On Desert Pad | 3.6× | 292K | 2026-08-19 |
| How The Space Shuttle Boosters Landed | 3.3× | 270K | 2026-09-22 |
Latest uploads
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| China's Plan To Put Humans On The Moon | 0.6× | 57K | 2026-11-03 |
| This Spacecraft Came Back From Death 20 Years Later | 0.7× | 66K | 2026-10-31 |
| Spacecraft That Returned From The Dead! Transmissions From Beyond The Grave | 0.9× | 279K | 2026-10-31 |
| Can Cowboy Space Really Design A New Rocket in 2 Years? | 0.6× | 198K | 2026-10-30 |
| New Dwarf Planet Discovered By Vera Rubin Telescope | 0.8× | 78K | 2026-10-27 |
| China's Super Secret Spaceplane Finally Revealed | 14× | 1.1M | 2026-10-27 |
| The Entire History Of The Moon | 0.7× | 230K | 2026-10-27 |
| Japan Launches To Phobos, Rocket Lab Delays, SpaceX Flies Car - Deep Space Updates October 22 | 1.1× | 321K | 2026-10-23 |
| The First Spaceship Named After A Comic Book Character? | 0.5× | 42K | 2026-10-22 |
| Let's Talk About Tesla's Rocket Car.... Even Though I'm Supposed to be On Vacation | 3.3× | 782K | 2026-10-17 |
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Repeatable pattern
No title shape stands out across the last 100 uploads of Scott Manley, so results here rest more on the topic of each video.
Content map
What the last 100 indexed uploads look like, by length.
| Format | Uploads | Median views | Median outlier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shorts | 36 | 81K | 0.9× |
| Under 20 minutes | 26 | 274K | 0.9× |
| 20 to 60 minutes | 37 | 251K | 0.8× |
| Over 60 minutes | 1 | 239K | 0.8× |
Levers to test
- The channel posted about 21.2 uploads a month over its last 30 uploads. Plan a pace you can hold for the same stretch.
These come from the channel's public numbers. They show what went with better results, not what caused them.
Frequently asked questions
How many subscribers does Scott Manley have?
Scott Manley has about 1.9M subscribers, from the public count YouTube shows.
How often does Scott Manley upload?
About 21.2 uploads a month, going by the last 30 indexed uploads.
What is the best recent video from Scott Manley?
"China's Super Secret Spaceplane Finally Revealed" reached 14× the channel's usual views, the strongest of the uploads we hold.
Can I see the age, gender or income of the Scott Manley audience?
No. YouTube keeps audience details private to the channel owner in YouTube Studio, and the public API does not share them. TubeMind does not guess them.
Public statistics from the official YouTube Data API; averages and multipliers are TubeMind estimates, see how scores work. Open Scott Manley on YouTube.